Laboratory Technican/ Research

Job Target: Unspecified
Employment Status: Active
Experience Level: Not Specified
Seeking: Full-Time
Industry: Research Resumes

Salary: 32000 to 40000
Degree: Not Specified
Security Clearance: Confidential (Level I)
Travel: Moderate
Relocate:: Yes

Objective

Objective Applying for a laboratory technician/ research position within microbiology and/or infectious disease departments. Education * 2004- 2005 Tulane University School of Public Health New Orleans, Louisiana Program for a Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH), study focus on tropical parasitology, Dec 2005 Cumulative GPA: 3.56 * 2000- 2004 Gettysburg College Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Bachelor of Arts in Biology and minor in Health and exercise, May 2004. Cumulative GPA: 3.02 * 2003 University of Queensland St. Lucia, QLD Australia Spent Fall 2003 semester in Australia through a study Abroad program. * Academic Honors The Chancellor's List 2004- 2005 Deanís List 2003- 2004 Intercultural Resource Center Achievement Award * Related courses Medical Entomology Biostatistics Medical Helminthology Medical Protozoology Immunology/ Immunoparasitology Work Experience * 2006 Summer Minority Health International Research Training (MHIRT) Program with University of Alabama Birmingham Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Accepted for the 2006 summer health research project on ìEntomological surveillance of onchocerciasis and optimization of the determination of the infectivity rates in Simulium damnosum populationsî in Burkina Faso with WHO. Currently, conducting research and writing a paper for scientific publication * 2005 Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) Salvador- Bahia, Brazil Participated in clinical visits to Leprosy and Leishiamansis medical establishments and countryside residential areas. Also went on field visits to Salvadorís favelas of Leptospira endemic areas of Brazil * 2005 New Orleans Termite and Mosquito Control Board New Orleans, LA Responsible for bleeding chickens to test for arboviruses, mosquito breeding/ identification, termite bait placement, and aiding in research projects during the summer of 2005 * 2003- 2004 Gettysburg College Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Conducted an independent scientific project on the Tissue Response of the Intestinal Tract in Echinostoma caproni Infected Mice Treated with Somatostatin Injections. * 2002 University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, Maryland Volunteered in Trauma radiology. Cumulated one hundred hours of community service. Extracurricular Activities * A member of the Gettysburg College Track and Field Team During entire four- years. Appointed captain for 2003/ 2004 Indoor and outdoor season. * Member of the University of Queensland and Tulane University rock climbing climb.

Job Target

Unspecified

Professional Experience

2006 – 2006	World Health Organization- Multi- Disease Surveillence Centre Intern- Onchocerciasis Reseacher
	Working with blackfly Simulium damnosum populations to test for prevalence of Onchocerciasis in deforested areas of West Africa (Research project). Use molecular techniques of DNA extraction, PCR amplification, and Southern blot to isolate O-150 genome of onchocerciasis.
2005 – 2005	New Orleans Termite & Mosquito Control Intern
	Responsible for bleeding chickens to test for arboviruses, mosquito breeding/ identification, termite bait placement, and aiding in research projects during the 2005 summer

Education

2005	Tulane University – Master's Degree (MA/MS/MBA)
	Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH). This program focused on parasitic infections.
2004	Gettysburg College – Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS)
	Recieved a Bachelors degree in Biology with a minor in health exercise.

Relocation Preferences

New Orleans

Last updated on: 2006-06-08.